RESUME OF RONALD J. SIEVERT Married to Marcia Gibbs Sievert Three Children: Tera, Jessica and Rachel (PH. 512-219-1856, 512-925-2207) Education: Dunkirk High School 1962-66 St. Bonaventure University 1966-70 University of Texas School of Law 1974-1977 Experience: United States Army Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Commander and Operations Officer, Okinawa and Fort Bliss Texas, Captain, U.S.A.R. 1970-1974 Assistant District Attorney, Jefferson County District Attorney's Office, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas. Chief Felony Prosecutor, Criminal District Court. 1978-1983 Appointed Special Assistant U.S. Attorney to Investigate Port Arthur union violence. Appointed Special State Prosecutor, Grayson County multiple capital murder investigation and trial. 1982, 1984 Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler, Texas. 1983-1990 Chief,Criminal Division, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Texas, Tyler, Texas. 1987-190 Instructor, U.S. Department of Justice, Attorney General s Advocacy Institute; Instructor, FBI Academy, Quantico, VA; 1985-2007 Appointed to 12 member Department of Justice Security Working Group tasked with handling both physical and national security matters relating to U.S. Attorney's offices. 1988-1993. Appointed Assistant Director, Executive Office for United States Attorneys, United States Department of Justice in charge of staff responsible for evaluation of operations of US Attorney s Offices nationwide. 1990-1991 Appointed International/National Security Coordinator, Western District of Texas 1993-2007 Chief of the Austin Division, US Attorneys Office 1991-1999
Western District of Texas DOJ Leave of Absence to teach at University of Texas Law School 2000 University of Texas School of Law, Adjunct Professor National Security Law 2000-present. DOJ Assignments to Instruct Prosecutors and Judges and Work Iraqi investigations Kosovo, Qatar and England 2001-2005 Appointed Senior Lecturer National Security Law, Homeland Security Law and International Law, Bush School Of Government, Texas A&M University, 2007-present WORK RELATED SPEECHES AND WRITINGS Books Defense, Liberty and the Constitution (Published William S. Hein and Co. 2005) Cases and Materials on US law and National Security (William S. Hein, First Edition 2000, 2 nd Edition 2006, Third Edition 2012) Articles The Intelligently Drafted Indictment: An Effective Weapon Against the Common Alleged Defenses on Bank Fraud Cases: Criminal Practice Law Report, March 1993 Analysis of U.S. Export Control Laws as Related to Overseas Transfers of Sensitive Technology: The Special Importance and Challenge of Export Control Cases, Oct 1996 Issue, US Attorney's Bulletin Capital Murder: A Prosecutor s Personal Observations on the Prosecution of Capital Cases, Published American Journal of Criminal Law Vol. 27, No. 1, 1999. Reprinted in Criminal Courts for the Twenty First Century, Stolzenberg and D Alessio, 2002,and Capital Punishment and the American Conscience, Mitchell and Lifton. The Real Prosecution Ethic vs. The Myth of 60 Minutes, Larry King and Allen Dershowitz, et al, Published American Journal of Criminal Law Vol 26, No. 2, 1999. Can Law Enforcement Meet the Twenty First Century Terrorist Threat Within the Scope of Twentieth Century Constitutional Law, published Houston Law Review, vol. 37, No.5, 2001. Campbell v. Clinton and the Continuing Effort to Reassert Congress Constitutional Authority to Commence, or Prevent, War, Dickinson Law Review, vol. 105, no.2, 2001
Urgent Message to Congresss:Nuclear Triggers to Libya, Missile Guidance to China, Air Defense to Iraq, Arms Supplier to the World; Has the Time Finally Arrived to Overhaul the U.S. Export Control Regime, Texas International Law Journal, Winter 2002. War on Terrorism or Global Law Enforcement Operation, Notre Dame Law Review, vol. 78, no.2, January 2003. The Truth About Patriot: Warning, This is a Review of the Law, Not Another Soundbite, State Bar of Texas, June, 2004. A New Perspective on the International Criminal Court; Why the Right Should Embrace the ICC and How America Can Use It, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, vol. 68, no.1, 2006. Patriot 2005-2006: Truth, Controversy and Consequences, Texas Review of Law and Politics, vol. 11, no. 2, 2007. Review of In the Name of National Security; Unchecked Presidential Power and the Reynolds case, Louis Fisher, American Journal of Legal History, vol XLIX, Number 1, 2007 A New Historical Perspective on National Security Law Policies During the Bush Administration and Their Implications for the Future; Constitutional in Conception, Problematic in Implementation; Vol7, Issue 1,Rutgers Journal of Law and Public Policy, 35, December 2009. Working Towards an Enforceable Nuclear Non Proliferation Regime- Fordham International Law Journal December 2010 Congress Consistent Intent to Utilize Military Commissions in the War against Al Qaeda and its Adoption of Commission Rules that Fully Comply with Due Process- with Congressman Michael McCaul, St. Mary s Law Journal 2011. Time to Rewrite the Ill Conceived and Dangerous Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978. National Security Law Journal-Spring 2015, vol.3 issue 1, page 47. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Compared with the Law of Electronic Surveillance in Europe-to be published American Journal of Criminal Law and by Scowcroft Institute summer 2016. Advisor for research and written reports and briefings requested by Intelligence Community 2009-Present on: Lessons Learned from Intelligence Community Interaction with 9/11 and WMD Commissions IRTPA, CIA and the Intelligence Community Implementation of Joint Duty Program at CIA Effect of Scientific Evolving Trends on the Profession of Intelligence Over the Next 5-10 years Countering Social Media Messaging by Radical Islam
Evolving Trends in the Private Intelligence Community Speeches Direct Examination, Cross Examination and Witness Prep Department of Justice Advocacy Institute Drafting the Complex Federal Indictment Department of Justice Federal Practice Seminars Investigating, Indicting and Prosecuting Complex Bank Fraud Cases Department of Justice Federal Practice Seminars and FBI Academy Insuring Successful Agent-AUSA Relations Department of Justice and FBI Academy Physical and Communications Security in U.S. Attorney's Offices Department of Justice Security Seminars The Method of Allocation of Attorney Resources throughout the Department of Justice The Supervisor's Role in the U.S. Attorney's Office Management and Evaluation of U.S. Attorney's Office The Truth About Patriot Numerous Government and Civic Groups 2002-2007 The Iraqi Special Tribunal Government and Civic Groups 2005-2006 Overview of US Export Control Law DOJ and Law Enforcement and Intelligence Conferences 1998-2007 Media, Cultural and Political Myth versus Legal and Factual Reality in the War on Terror Numerous Government and Civic Groups 2008 Israel s Split Screen Society Government and Civic Groups 2008 A New and Hopefully More Accurate Perspective on Bush Administration National Security Law Policies-with Thanks to President Obama Bush School of Government, St. Bonaventure University 2009 Military versus Civilian Trials in the War Against Al Qaeda
Association of the US Army, FBI Infragard 2010 Honors and Awards Presented special awards from: Director s Award for Superior Performance presented in Washington 1988 and 2004 Director's Award for Exemplary Service to Executive Office for U.S. Attorney's, U.S. Department of Justice, 1991 Designated Department of Justice Senior Litigation Counsel, awarded to selected 2% of all AUSA's, 1990 Certificate from Attorney General for Meritorious Service as Instructor at Attorney General's Advocacy Institute, Washington, D.C., 1991 U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards in 1985, 1987, 1991 and 1998. U.S. Attorney s Outstanding Performance Award 2000, 2002, 2006 and 2007 Special Presentation from DOJ National Security Division for contributions to National Security of the US 2006 Federal Bureau of Investigation 1990, 2001 and 2004 Drug Enforcement Administration 1996 U.S. Department of State 1993 Award for Instruction in Criminal Law presented by American Journal of Criminal Law, 1999 Hundred Club of Austin Excellence in Law Enforcement Award 2004 US Immigration and Customs Enforcement 2007 Austin Police 2005 and 2007 FBI Director 2007 Letters of Commendation from: FBI Director William Sessions FBI Director Robert Mueller Texas Governor Mark White Deputy Attorney General Arnold Burns Director of National Intelligence, Major General Kenneth Minihan U.S. Customs U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration U.S. Department of Treasury Chief of Mission, U.S. State Dept., Kosovo Director Mark Sullivan, US Secret Service